Colombia’s deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, with significant reductions in Amazon national ...

Operations by Ecuador’s military following a historic massacre will do little to slow the country's lucrative illegal mining ...

Indonesia has revoked the permits of several mining companies in Raja Ampat following public outcry over environmental damage ...

The lure of even a few specks of gold compels Elizabeth Mosquera awake before dawn to slog to a muddy pit, where she wades ...

Colombia and the region are paying the price for slow implementation of the 2016 peace accord, but a turnaround is still ...

Colombia reported a 33% decrease in deforestation in early 2025, citing stronger community coordination and a crackdown on ...

driven by the rapid spread of illegal roads, coca cultivation, and unregulated mining, according to a report by Colombia's procurator’s office. The independent watchdog warned of accelerating ...

The country’s long-running conflict continues to impact life in many rural areas, which also face threats from illegal mining ...

Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process ...

Deep in Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park, 2,200 illegal miners work in conditions that would shock Charles Dickens. They're ...

— Lena Estrada Añokazi, Colombia’s environment minister Why this matters: The Amazon rainforest helps regulate the global climate and supports extraordinary biodiversity, but Colombia’s portion of the ...

PUERTO CLAVER, Colombia—The lure of even a few specks of gold compels Elizabeth Mosquera awake before dawn to slog to a muddy pit, where she wades into waist-deep water and starts to pan.